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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y ALFRED G. VALE, OF NE? YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE VALE MACHINE COMPANY,OF NEIV YORK.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,465, dated January5, 1897.

Application filed July 20, 1895. .Serial No. 556,659. (No model-I To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. VALE, of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCigarette-Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

My improvement is especially intended for machines employed to makecigarettes one at a time as distinguished from making a contin- 1onous-cigarette rod and cutting it into pieces.

I will describe a machine embodying my improvement and then point outthe novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is I 5 an elevation of one sideof a machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is anelevation of theother side of the machine. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a verticalsection of certain parts, showing them in the position they occupyduring the rolling of a cigarette. Fig.

5 is a transverse section of other parts.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A design ates the framework of the machine,

It may be of any suitable form and constructed of any desired materials.

13 designates a rolling platform or table, which may be made of anysuitable material and form. As here shown, it is made rectangular inform. Near one end it preferably has inits upper surface aslightconcavity b. This rolling-table may be supported in any suitable way. Ashere shown, it is mounted upon a support A, comprised in the frameworkof 5 the machine.

C designates a rolling-cloth which rests upon the rolling-table B andextends beyond the same. By the term cloth I mean to include not onlywhat is technically cloth, but

40 any analogous flexible material. I prefer to use for this part of themachine what is commonly known as rubber-cloth, and which is made of awoven fabric, coated on one side with rubber. This cloth is shown asattached to the rolling-table at the forward end, or, in other words, atthat end which is the nearer to the operator. The other end of therollingcloth is attached to a rock-shaft D, that is gournaled in theframework A of the machine.

As shown, a cylinder D is affixed to this shaft, and the end of thecloth is attached to such cylinder.

Any suitable means forfastening the cloth to the cylinder may beemployed. As here shown, the roller is provided with alongitudinalgroove, and in this is arranged a clamp cl, the latter beingconnected at one end with the roller by means of a hinge cl and fastenedat the other end by means of a hook 61 pivoted to one end of the rollerand engaging with an eye affixed to the corresponding end of the clamp.The cloth C will of course be interposed between the groove of theroller and the clamp.

For imparting oscillating motion to the 65 rock-shaft D, I have shown arod E combined with it. This rod E is slotted at the upper end toembrace the shaft D and is provided with a rack e, that engages with apinion (Z which is affixed to the said shaft.

The lower portion of the rod E is shown as slotted or bifurcated toembrace a shaft F, which, in the present example of my invention,constitutes the driving or main shaft of the machine. Affixed to thisshaft F is a cam G, which coacts with an arm 6, with which the rod E isprovided. This arm 6' is preferably provided with an antifrictionqoller6 and said arm is pivotally connected to the rod E by means of a pin orscrew 6*. The arm is precluded from moving in one direction beyond acertain point by means of a stop-pin 6 secured to said rod E.

\Vhen the shaft F is turned in one direction, the back of the cam G willcome in con- 8 5 tact with the antifrietion-roller e and turn, the arm ain such a direction as not to im part any motion to the rod E, but whenthe shaft F is turned in the reverse direction the face of the cam G,operating against the an- 0 tifrietion-roller a will, because the rod 6will be precluded from moving by contact with the stop c operate toraise the rod E, so that the rack of the latter, acting through thepinion of the shaft D, will turn this shaft in a direction to slackenthe rolling-cloth. As soon as the face of the cam shall have passedbeyond the antifriction-roller e the rod E will be allowed to drop, andin dropping it will turn the shaft D in a reverse direction, so as totighten the rolling-cloth.

II designates a rolling device consisting, as here shown, of a slidingand rocking shaft h, arms h, affixed thereto, and rollers 77, journaledin said arms. The ends of the sliding and rocking shaft h extend beyondthe sides of the framework A and into brackets R, each of which hasthree arms. The ends of the shaft 72 extend into the upper arms of thesebrackets. The two lower arms of the brackets are provided with rollersr, which work in slots S, formed in the sides of the framework of themachine. The brackets R, supporting the shaft h, are connected with armsI, affixed to the driving or main shaft F. As this shaft oscillates,these arms I impart to the shaft 71. the sliding motion which gives tothe rolling device its reciprocatory movement. I prefer to connectthearms I with the brackets R by fitting loosely to the latter links i,which are pivotally connected by pins 1" to the upper ends of the armsI.

Near one end of the shaft h of the rolling device II is adownwardly-extending arm 7L3, which preferably will be provided with anantifriction-roller 71 This arm or its roller coacts at the proper timewith a track or cam J, comprised in or affixed to the framework of themachine. In the forward movement of the rolling device the arm 71 or itsroller will contact with the track or cam J, and will thus be detainedso as to rock the rolling device into such position that its rollers7L2, which before were substantially in a horizontal plane, will assumea substantially vertical plane. By this movement from a horizontal to avertical position the slack provided in the rolling-cloth is taken up,so that the tobacco filler and wrapper previously laid upon the clothmay be rolled compactly to produce a cigarette.

3V hen the rolling device moves backwardly, the arm 7L3 is carriedbeyond the track J to permit the turning of the rolling device, so thatits rollers will be turned from an approximately vertical plane to anapproximately horizontal plane, and at or about the time that the arm his thus moved beyond the track or cam J another arm 7L5, with which theshaft 71, is provided, or an antifrictionroller arranged upon this arm hwill contact with another track or cam J, and after this happens thecontinuing rearward movement of the rolling device will cause it to beturned in the manner last described.

Any desirable means may be employed for operating the driving or mainshaft F. In

the present instance I have shown a treadle K and appurtenances forthispurpose.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that when the machine is at restthe rolling-cloth is sagged so as to form a pocket between the rear endof the rolling-table and the rolling device.

The tobacco which is to form the filler is laid upon the rolling-clothabove the rolling-table and near the rear end of the latter. It is laidupon the rolling-cloth just above the cavity Z) of the rolling-table.The wrapper is laid upon the rolling-cloth above the rolling-tableforward of the tobacco which is to constitute the filler. One edgeportion of this wrapper is intended to be pasted before the wrappershall be laid upon the rolling-cloth. \Vhen the rolling device is movedforwardly, it forms a loop or bight in the rolling-cloth over the rearend of the rollingtable, and just about this time it is turned so thatits rollers will be changed from an approximately horizontal to anapproximately vertical plane, this change occurring somewhat gradually.Thus the slack of the rolling-cloth will be taken up, and the furtherforward movement of the rolling device Will cause the compact rolling ofthe wrapper and tobacco filler to form a cigarrette. This operation isspecially advantageous for cigarettes having wrappers made of tobacco.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table, and arolling-cloth, of a reciprocating rolling device comprising two. rollerssecured in a rocking frame over which rollers the apron passes, andmeans for causing the rollers to assume a position, during the rollingof the cigarette, in which the line joining the axes of the rollers ischanged from a substantially horizontal to a substantially verticalposition relatively to the table during their movement across the table,substantially as specified.

2. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table, and arolling-cloth, of a reciprocating rolling device comprising two rollerssecured in a rocking frame over which rollers the apron passes, andmeans for causing the rollers to automatically assume a position duringthe rolling of the cigarette in which the line joining the axes of therollers is changed from a substantially horizontal to a substantiallyvertical position relatively to the table during the movement of therollers across the table, substantially as specified.

3. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table, and arolling-cloth, of a reciprocating rolling device comprising arock-shaft, arms affixed thereto and rollers mounted in the arms overwhich rollers the apron passes, substantially as specified.

4. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table and arolling-cloth, of a reciprocating rolling device comprising arock-shaft, arms secured thereto and a roller mounted in the arms,tracks provided with cam-surfaces, and arms secured to said rockshaftand provided with parts adapted to coact with said cam-surfaces,substantially as specified.

5. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table, and arolling-cloth, of

brackets and ways in which said brackets move lengthwise of the machine,a rock-shaft journaled in said brackets and provided with armscam-surfaces arranged adjacent to the arms with which said arms areadapted to coact, rollers journaled in fixtures carried by therock-shaft over which rollers the apron passes, and means for taking upthe slack in the cloth, substantially as specified.

6. In a cigarette-machine, the combination with a rolling-table and arolling-cloth, of a reciprocating rolling device comprising arock-shaft, and rollers mounted in fixtures carried by the rock-shaft,means for automatically rocking said shaft during the roll-

